Four Rooms

For me, the quality of the four stories is quite uneven, but it is quite obvious what the authors are interested in. Tarantino revels in dialogues that can go to the point of absurdity, which he confirms here with a pretty good story, while Rodriguez does not deny his love for B-movies, but there is also humor and fantastic themes. Still, for me, the stories remain quite uneven in quality and Tim Roth, though I like him, was rather annoying. In the end, it's just a bit above average. (02/02/2014)

Sometimes about nothing, sometimes lacking a point, the lines go over my head and two good stories simply aren't enough for me. The film as a whole lacks atmosphere and one man is to blame – Tim Roth. His connecting thread of a character is nothing more than a silly caricature trying to look like a mix of Rowan Atkinson and similar clowns, but instead just oozes awkwardness. (18/07/2006)

The first two short stories are just awful rubbish and not worth mentioning, with the third one brilliantly escalating (Tim Roth vomiting and screaming "What the fuck is this?!" totally cracked me up) and opening the door to the mega-chatty and fantastically onanistic fourth short story with a famous ending by Tarantino. During this one I almost forgot about all the ballast at the beginning. (10/10/2011)

It’s such a shame that the quality of the first two stories doesn’t come anywhere near the work of Tarantino and Rodriguez. All right, there is one word is more fitting – average. Apart from Roth’s hamming, almost nothing happens. Luckily my expectations were not that high, and I just took it as a necessary debut movie, until the action hurricane with the slick Banderas and the ending where Tarantino reels off one snappy line after another. As a Quentin fan I really enjoyed the last bit, maybe almost as much as he did himself. Tons of cues and heavily improvised monologs (excuse me, monolog) in one take and faultless choreography. That’s why I gave it the fourth star, I can’t say no more to defend it. (30/03/2010)

The opening story is really weak, the second one is better and the third and fourth ones don't have a single flaw. Whether it's Rodriguez's smoking and drinking kids or Tarantino's playful long takes, it's finally fun and a joy to watch. Plus, we get some pretty impressive points, and both men also seemed to know how to tame Tim Roth, because he suddenly became a slightly more tolerable bozo in their rooms. I also praise the hilarious opening "pink-panther" credits. (07/02/2016)